Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Situating Walmart in a Global Context: Workplace Cultures, Labor Organizing, and Supply Chains 1
5. Chapter 1. Walmart in Brazil: From Global Diffusion to National Institutional Embeddedness 29
6. Chapter 2. Walmart and Labor Conditions in South Africa: Local Retailing, Contract Labor, and Union Challenges 64
7. Chapter 3. Walmart Workers in Chile: A Case of Union Democracy, Militancy, and Strategic Capacity 87
8. Chapter 4. Rank-and-File Union Activism in Walmart Argentina 118
9. Chapter 5. Walmart Culture in the Information Technologies Industry in Mexico 150
10. Chapter 6. Walmart’s Direct Farmer Program in South Africa: Developmental State Victory or Corporate Whitewash? 181
11. Chapter 7. Brokering Development: NGOs and Walmart in Nicaragua 199
12. Chapter 8. Walmart’s Human Traffi cking Problem: The Shrimp Supply Chain in Thailand 222
13. Final Reflections 242
14. Contributors 252
15. Index 255